This is Li’s first visit to Vietnam since China’s new leadership was elected in March 2013.
China hopes the visit will help further strengthen the friendly and neighbourly relations, and increase strategic trust and practical cooperation between the two countries, Liu said at a press briefing in Beijing on October 7.
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He said both countries’ senior leaders have maintained regular contact and reached consensus on strengthening political trust, expanding mutually beneficial cooperation, satisfactorily settling sensitive issues, and setting orientations for bilateral relations in the new context.
China will work closely together with Vietnam to realise their leaders’ common consensus, as well as signed cooperation agreements to develop bilateral relations in a healthy and stable manner, and in line with general interests and aspirations of the two peoples, for peace, stability and prosperity in the region and the world, he stressed.
Also at the press briefing, China’s Vice Minister of Commerce Gao Yan confirmed China will help Vietnamese commodities penetrate deep into its market.
Both sides have huge potential and opportunities to upgrade their economic and trade ties, she noted.
